welcome back to the weekend, everyone. time is running out on capitol hill for congress to prevent the first wave of a government shutdown that will be coming this friday march 1st if the house does not pass bills. to be clear, the house won t even till wednesday. two sources tell nbc news that mike johnson told republicans on a conference call that the house would vote for separate appropriation bills in the coming days. they may need a stopgap funding bill to allow lawmakers more time to actually pass the funding. no republican announcement could come as soon as tonight. joining us to unpack it all, axios politics reporter, eugene scott. welcome, eugene. at one point, mike johnson and republican leadership of the house had said that they might not bring members back, just have them on call until they have a deal. hearing that, lots of consternation a rose. now we know members are coming back. will they be able to pass appropriation bills? this is been a struggle to pass
the answers. what this means is the end of the trump presidency and not the united states tis. itself. nothing is as momentus as this. don junior s meeting with a russian lawyer. who knew about this meeting? what were they wearing when they met? it s on the questions like these that the face of nations hang. the huffing and the puffing. that puts donald trump in a conspiracy on this issue before the fact. that evidence on its face, if it was supported would be an impeachable offense. he had prior knowledge the russians were seeking to do this and gave them a green light. until now we have not had a smoking gun that placed donald trump sr. the presidency in the
same people in congress who spent 3 years investigating who wrote the talking points would have hearing after hearing. congress needs to do its job and have a hearing. tucker: we know the russian government aided the clinton campaign by giving false information to christopher steele. we don t know that. tucker: t
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the out set, this will come as a surprise to clinton defenders it s a crime we ought to take seriously if anyone lies under oath. we believe in punishing crimes. and donald trump jr. lied. tucker: i don t know that. i don t know if cohen is telling the truth. i don t know why cohen would hire trump in the first place. the core accusation that it s immoral to meet with the russian source to get dirt on your opponent is what hillary clinton did. but it s treason when trump does. explain how that works. what the email to don jr. said it is how the russian government hopes to aid your father. that was in the email. if that email had gone to barack obama or hillary clinton the same people in congress who
spent 3 years investigating who wrote the talking points would have hearing after hearing. congress needs to do its job and h
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be intimidated into accepting your fraudulent promise. it w often works and that s exactly why they do it but it only works when the rest of us play alongng with it so let s sp playing along with it. so, can you explain to me why if it s wrong to meet with russians in the hope of getting dirt on your political opponent, it s okay to pay for a national toor get dirt from russians about your political opponents which the dnc in the hillary campaign both did? it s very different for a campaign to spend money to do opposition research in a foreign country then for a foreign government like the russians to actually invest in disarming our election security to benefit one candidate, that s the big difference here. there s nothing wrong in paying
if there is perjury, convicted for perjury and see if you can convict but let s stop pre
Constitutional public to question authority. this whole case is based on a dossier here s michael cohen s tweet. he called it a life filled document. their star witness called it life filled, jim comey calls it salacious and unverified, the number two in the fbi said they wouldn t have had a case without it, the head of the division investigating the case said it lacked verification in the lead investigation texted his girlfriend if there is no there there. it sound like a great case, you knocked it out of the park. tucker: i can t imagine how you wind up with michael cohen as your personal lawyer. whoever is running the hr department, you would not hire michael cohen as your lawyer. great to see you. one of the biggest tech